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The damage done to Bill Cosby's career in recent days has few precedents. But a memorable one is Joan Crawford, whose well-crafted image fell apart when her daughter accused her of being an abusive parent and a cruel person in the book "Mommie Dearest." People have a hard time looking at Crawford's movies without thinking of "Mommie Dearest." People will have a hard time looking at anything Cosby has done in a long, celebrated career without flashing to the growing allegations of rape and sexual assault against him. CBS News has put the number of accusers at 14 women. Vulture.com put the number at 21. Cosby's attorney has complained that the...

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If you look closely at the desk where Scott Pelley anchors the "CBS Evening News," you can spot about a dozen small, framed photographs standing off to his right.
They depict the 13 journalists who have died in the line of duty for CBS News,...

"ALWAYS REMEMBER others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself." -- Richard Nixon
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He was known as Dr. Death, a Michigan physician who helped his patients kill themselves.
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